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tamarack
[ tam-uh-rak ]
noun
- an American larch, Larix laricina, of the pine family, having a reddish-brown bark and crowded clusters of blue-green needles and yielding a useful timber.
- any of several related, very similar trees.
- the wood of these trees.
tamarack
/ ˈtæməˌræk /
noun
- any of several North American larches, esp Larix laricina, which has reddish-brown bark, bluish-green needle-like leaves, and shiny oval cones
- the wood of any of these trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tamarack1
First recorded in 1795–1805, Americanism; compare Canadian French tamarac; probably of Algonquian origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tamarack1
C19: from Algonquian
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Example Sentences
Three times the stiff straight rods of the tamarack whipped her smartly across the face.
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What were the thoughts of the man who leaned against a tall tamarack tree and watched the reclining figure as a cat does a mouse?
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I noticed the tamarack on its banks, and the nymph odorata, scirpus lacustris, and Indian reed on the margin.
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Then they carried a newly dipped pail of fresh spring water back to camp, for their first supper under the tamarack trees.
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But over the bend on Tamarack Hill another girl slept fitfully.
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